Cap



Jan. 5, 1932. H RABUSHKA 1,839,341

CAP

Filed Deo. 12, 1928 Patented Jan. 5, 1932 UNITED STATES me Omei v EYMANRABUSHKA, OF ST. LOUIS, MSSGURLVASSIGNGR'XTO I'RMIUM CAP COMPANY; A FIRMCO'NSISTNG 0F NATHAN, HYMAN, .AND SAMUEL RABUSHKA, VALL lOIE. ST.

LOUIS, MISSOURI c AP.

Application filed neember y12, 192s. serial Nb. 325,446.

This invention relates generally to headwear and, more particularly, toa certain new and useful improvement in that type of headl wear commonlyknown as caps for use espev the cap, is'the usual Visor B.

Y which, when upon the head, has the appearance of a standard fixed-sizecap, the headsize adjusting elements of the cap being substantiallywholly concealed from view'.

And with the above and other objects in view, my invention. resides inthe novel features of form, construction, arrangement,

and combination of parts hereinafter de-` scribed and pointed out in theclaim. In the accompanying drawings,- Figure 1 is a perspective view ofa cap embodying my invention Figure 2 is a fragmental sectional view ofthe cap; f Y

Figure 3 is a broken inverted or bottom plan viewof the cap; and

Figure 4 is a lfragmental side elevational View of the cap.

Referring now more-in detail and by reference characters to thedrawings, which illus- 7 trate a preferred embodiment of my invention, Adesignates the crown of the cap,`which is generally of standard form;and stitched or otherwise fixed to a portion of thevbase of the crown Aand disposed at the front of Intermediate the ends of the visor B andupon opposite sides of the longitudinal center of the cap., the crown atits base or rim isslit or otherwise separated, as at a, a, and

. thereby formed or divided to comprise relatively movable front andback portions 1 and 2, respectively, the visor being' stitched merely tothe relatively small crownportion 1.

Stitched or otherwise fixed atone end to the crown rear-portion 2 at theslits or openings a, as best seen 1n Figure 1, are straps 3, 3,

tne opposite ends 'of visor kB and accordingly Y ends of the stripD','that is the end-portions adapted to extend in opposed relationeXteriorly andforwardly of the cap over the'slits or openings@ andforadjustable engagement, as by means of'a buckle or the like, in frontlof the cap-portion 1 and over the visor B, as also best seen inFigure 1. Disposedjwithin, and for the most part stitched along itsmargin tothe base Aorrim ofthe crownA, is a lining C. Rearwardly ofspaced rearwardlyfrom and out of registra- Y tion with the vcrownslits'or openings a, Vhowever, th'eflining C is' also slit for divided,as' at c, c, upon opposite sides ofthe cap, whereby the crownVAfand'liningiC form within 65 the rear portion 2 of .the cap so-calledlpocketsfas atd, forreceiving the free ends of a buckram orotherwiserelatively stiA strip D, which isstitched or otherwisexed'along one margin and intermediate 4its ends tothe visor B and thecap front-portion 1. TheV so fixed portion of strip Dis disposedandconcealed in the crown (front. portion intermediate thecrown'properiAV and its'lini'ng C, the free of the strip projectingrearwardly of the cap from thecrown-slits a, having suitably se-V curedthereto, and being upon their front face covered and concealedby,rsections 5 of fabric corresponding to the material of which crown Ais constructed. Y Thus,l through and by means of the adj ustable straps3 and the relatively movable front and baclrpo-rtions 1 and 2 of thecrown A and its lining C, the head-opening of the cap may beconveniently adjusted to fit Adifferent head-sizes,` the strip Dbeing'of such relativelength that its free ends provide or formso-calle'd movable' plackets at, the-ends of the visor B and, throughoutsuch lafdjust-- ments, rest att the lining slitsv smoothly'upon' i thehead. Thus the strip VDv materially functions in effecting a comfortableitof the cap upon the head.v The cap'preferably has the usual frontsweat-band FV and is, as-usual, constructed so that the crown A maybefolded uponY and d'etachaloly,-as by acouplet16,6,k secured to theVvisor B, by Vmeans vof-which construction, the slits a, beingdispo'sedffor- 100 wardly of the ends of the visor B, are subcrown frontportion for contracting the crown stantially approximately concealed bythe overlapping crown, as seen in Figure 4, with the result that the caphas the entire outward appearance of a standard one-size ornon-adjustable cap. And to complete the neat and finished appearance ofthe interior of the cap and its lining C, I might add that that portionof the lining C intermediate the slits a and the slits 0 is marginallystitched, as at c', to the end-portions of the strip D. Portions of thelining C are accordingly disposed with the stri -ends in the pockets d,and thus the strip D 1s upon its inner facealso fully concealed.

It is to be understood that changes in the form, construction,`arrangement, and combination of the several parts of my new cap may bemade and substituted for those herein shown and described withoutdeparting from the nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

In a head-size adjustable cap, in combination, a flexible crown havingslits extending upwardly from its rim and disposed in spaced relationintermediate the longitudinal center and the opposite sides of the cap,the crown being thereby divided to include aV central front portioncomprised merely between said slits, and arear portion, the lattercomprising the remainder of the crown and being contractible relativelyto said central front portion, a forwardly projecting visor linedintermediate its ends to the rim of the crown front portion only andloosely extending at its opposite end portions upon opposite sides of 4athe cap rearwardly from said slits, a stitl:1 strip of arcuate contourdisposed within the crown and Xed along one margin and intermediate itsends to the'inner rim of the visor and to the margin of said crown frontportion,

' said strip` at its end-portions being free and projecting rearwardlywithin the crown from said slits, a lining disposed within and iiXedthroughout a portion of its margin to both said crown front and rearportions and provided with slits upon opposite sides of the cap spacedrearwardly from said crown slits, the lining being thereby also dividedto include front and rear portions and the crown and liningrear-portions forming forwardly.

opening pockets within the crown for the frde-end-portions of saidstrip, the lining throughout the remainder of its margin being fixed tosaid free strip end-portions for movement therewith into said pockets,and cooperable size-adjusting straps iiXed at one end to the rear wallof the crown slits and adapted at their free ends and in opposedrelation toeXteriorly and forwardly of the cap extend over said crownslits and upon the rear portion over said central front portion. Intestimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

HYMAN RABUSI-IKA.

